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House of the Week: $1.2 million for a Cabbagetown Victorian with a gallery-like vibe

House of the Week: $1.2 million for a Cabbagetown Victorian with a gallery-like vibe

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1 Aberdeen Avenue
ADDRESS: 1 Aberdeen Avenue

NEIGHBOURHOOD: Cabbagetown-South St. Jamestown

AGENTS: Daniel Bloch and Liora Tal, Harvey Kalles Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage

PRICE: $1,199,000

THE PLACE: A four-bedroom Cabbagetown Victorian steps from bustling Parliament Street.

BRAGGING RIGHTS: The homeowner is an avid art collector. Sure, it may not all be to your taste (the bedroom full of nudes might make visiting in-laws a touch uncomfortable) but at least you’ll know you’re buying this home from a true aesthete and patron of the arts.

BIG SELLING POINT: A raft of attractive design details. Check out the wrought iron front gates, the stained glass windows in the living room and a master bedroom window bench that’s ideal for enjoying your morning coffee.

POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: The hallway entrance feels a tad narrow and, at 15.92 feet wide, you can’t exactly play football indoors. Still, we’ll always take a slightly smaller home full of character over a bland McMansion.

BY THE NUMBERS:
• $1,199,000
• $5,514.07 in taxes (2011)
• 4 bedrooms
• 3 bathrooms
• 2 backyard seating areas
• 1 parking space
• 1 antique gilded fireplace

Topics: Cabbagetown House of the Week Houses Housing Market Real Estate Toronto

28 thoughts on “House of the Week: $1.2 million for a Cabbagetown Victorian with a gallery-like vibe”

  2. I love this house, somebody buy it for me puleeaase! Great location, top quality finishes, good use of space and decorated uniquely.

  3. Love the house but the bragging rights is all wrong. The art does not come with the house.
    “The homeowner is an avid art collector. Sure, it may not all be to your taste (the bedroom full of nudes might make visiting in-laws a touch uncomfortable) but at least you’ll know you’re buying this home from a true aesthete and patron of the arts”

  4. it is a lovely home…
    wish I had a home instead of my overpriced apartment.
    but what’s with the pictures.. they look freakish..

    and what is with the bathroom.. it has a terrace.. would be kinda awkward thinking that someone might break in while you are showering..

    otherwise.. the home has soo much potential.
    still can’t get over the cost of toronto homes.. 1.2 mil for that.. when you can get a huge mansion elsewhere..

  5. So nice indeed… and a cabbagetown home with a car park garage.. the yard seems bigger than the house. Hopefully the new purchasers will adopt a minimalistic approach to furnishings versus the clutter which is quite evident here. Nice layout – except the kitchen sink/pipe under the cupboards! aarggghh… hate it but I would buy this tomorrow…

  9. Lovely, really very lovely. Clutter – what clutter, it is called decorating, and while not to your liking, it was not cluttered or busy at all. It seemed bight and cheery not always the case in old Victorians. And yes the addition of a parking spot behind and the beautiful back yard with no grass to cut is perfect. Well done, loved it.

  13. How refreshing to see a house that has not been painted entirely white and ‘staged’ by real estate agents. This place has personality……actually looks like a ‘home’.

  14. Good thing: Jet Fuel across the street,and Me at my office..visit.
    Bad Thing: parking only one hour,ticket lady has that street on “LOCK DOWN”
    Kind of expensive….

  15. Bought a house in Cabbage town two weeks ago, wish this one had been on the market stuningggggggggggggggg!!!! as for comment from someone about being a bad neighbourhood? oh please one of the best area s to live in, real community and clean.

  16. I grew up in this house! It belonged for 20+ years to my aunt, uncle and beloved cousins…one of my favourite places in the world.

  17. Love this house! One of the best featured in TL. I hope the new owners do not adopt a minimalist approach. The warmth of traditional characters are more fitting for this type of house IMHO. Great location, nice backyard and carport, it is fairly priced.

  18. Cabbagetown – yuck. Lived there for three years, true, my neighbours were the best – but the constant view of vagrants and crack whores is demoralizing to say the least. The public human urination and defacation is EPIC in this area. You need a strong stomach and blind eye to survive for any length of time among the sites and smells (if you don’t have a dog to walk daily you might do okay because your exposoure to the neighbourhood would be limited).

  20. Really nice house, I think it’s well priced for the area as well. The agent has done a excellent job with the pictures, they really capture everything, The area is great we lived on Berkeley around the corner for a few years and now just down the road on Trinity in Corktown. In response to any comments about the area, its real downtown and if you don’t like the flavour then pay more somewhere else, Cabbagetown and the east-end is great value and we are happy to be on this side of the city, its not dirty at all and pride in ownership is in full bloom in these restored homes.

  22. @Mulva, the location is precisely at Ontario & Aberdeen. You seem to be quite aware of hooker central….

  23. Lovely how? Perfection, in what way? Decorated uniquely? I would say the opposite. I am sorry to break it to you people, but there is nothing unique about this home. It looks exactly like most other homes that I have seen in Toronto, but then again I come from another culture so maybe it is harder for me to see what is unique about it. :) I do not know, but the only thought that comes to mind when I see the pictures is “this home needs a new stylist”, it is just so average.

  24. I had raccoons living in my chimney for over a year. They would climb down the chimney and into the apartment units. My basement flooded and the walls contain mold. Structurally, I am not sound.

    Somebody help me.

  25. @ yellow house on the right: hope that there is a registered building permit for that rear addition(s)….

  28. ^ LOL to above. You don’t think the general public is capable of having positive comments? Wow. You honestly think that an agent who is selling million dollar homes has time to sit around and work on a PR campaign, on Toronto Life comment boards? Honestly.

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